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4.5
After months of awful sounds my extractor fan motor gave it's last death rattle. To my dismay, replacement parts for my existing fan have mostly been discontinued. Thankfully the more powerful motor for the upgraded model could be found here.The cost is, well, better than trying to retrofit a new fan with a circular exhaust to my rectangular one. Plus facing the very real possibility it would require cutting into the ceiling convinced me this was worth the price.I have never replaced a motor on an exhaust fan before but I watched a couple YouTube videos and was able to figure it out. The most difficult part was detaching the old motor from the plastic fan because the metal post of the old motor was quite rusty. I had to use a heat gun, a screw driver, and hand sledge but with a few taps got it loose.The next hurdle was making sure I inserted the new motor post (shaft?) into the fan far enough to fit back into the housing but not so far it touched. The first go round it was touching and so when I reinstalled the unit I could hear power going to the motor but the fan wouldn't spin. I turned the switch off and tried to turn the fan by hand. That's even I realized my mistake. After some adjustments and making sure the fan spun freely, I reinstalled again and it works great.Hopefully this lasts. I'll edit if I have problems down the road.
